Top 25 Overused Quotes

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It’s overused.

I think everyone talks about talent. It’s really one of the most overused terms. It comes down to, do you play, and do you win? Talent is one factor, but certainly not the only one.

I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction – just because if you’re going to have this lone protagonist, they’re going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys.

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

I have had periods when I’ve overused a word, ‘candent’ being one example, but I’m trying not to do that any more.

Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it’s like those fields in agriculture – they need to rest for a year or so. You need time to burn all the saxophones and start from scratch.

Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it’s rightly used. He’s a genius.

Worldwide is an overused word. But it’s true that being known has given me new ideas and a chance to get to know new people who think in different ways. I want to hear myself referred to as Elie Saab, without labels or titles.

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They’re all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They’re tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

I believe that ‘ego’ is much overused term.

I’ve learned that ‘love’ is used a lot in the States for everything: ‘I love that burger,’ ‘I love my shoes,’ ‘I love a friend.’ To me, if it’s overused, it loses meaning.

I think it tends to be overused and can be a little bit gimmicky. A lot of people are using 3-D now because they feel have they have to… that will come and go and the pictures that deserve to be in 3-D will continue to be. When it’s done bad, it can make you carsick.

I think it gets overused and tossed around in ways that aren’t true. Every impressive achievement is not genius.

I definitely subscribe to the idea that 9/11, to use an overused phrase, was a wake-up call. There was a year-long national teach-in on Islam – everyone read books and suddenly talked about Islam, and that was very productive. But there’s no doubt that moment has passed.

Well Socrates is 70 when he dies. He’s been allowed to philosophise freely in the city for almost 50 years. He clearly was – genius is an overused word – but he clearly did have something of the genius about him.

I think the term ‘fair reporting’ is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.

I am not a diva: I am a Jones. ‘Diva’ is so overused. Diva, icons, the whole thing, legends… To be a diva, what is that?

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.

Even if I had $200 million, I’m very wary of overusing CGI. I think it’s a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.

I think the term ‘friend’ itself has lost almost all of its exclusivity. Even the term ‘good friend’ is overused. Adding the word ‘vital’ provides a clear definition of what we mean.

What’s happening on the Colorado River is happening all over the world. The water is overused, overdammed, and it’s polluted in some places.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.

I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me.

I don’t like to use ‘gourmet’ because it has become so overused and abused.

Feminism is just an overused term and people make too much noise about it for no reason.